ACT Health IT

Why Choose This Program?

Normandale Community College - Continuing Education - recently received a $966,000 grant for two years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT to further advance healthcare reform goals, including much-needed up-skilling for healthcare workers and facilities in health IT related fields.
The Accelerating Care Transformation through Health Information Technology (ACT Health IT) program is developing a training program to meet the needs of the healthcare workforce, facilities and the rapidly changing industry. The ACT Health IT training will focus on four key topic areas. These areas include Care Coordination, Population Health Management, New Payment and Delivery Models, and Value-Based Care and Patient-Centered Care.

Skills Acquired

Starting October 2016 training will be offered to any professional working at a healthcare-related organization through the ONC Workforce Training Program. This is FREE workforce training for healthcare professionals to stay current in the changing healthcare environment.

Training Topics

Individuals can focus their training on what is appropriate for their role in an organization or their own career goals. The following tracks and courses will be available;

Healthcare Data Analytics

Understanding Healthcare Data Analytics

Clinical Data Analytics and the Learning Health System

Value-Based Care

The Business of Healthcare - Value-Based Care

Applications of Value-Based Care

Negotiating Contracts for Value-Based Care

Population Health

Population Health Policy

Population Health Data Analytics

Population Health Interventions

Additional courses will be available in the following areas:

Care Management

Interoperability

and more!

The program is offered entirely online in bite-sized modules that can be taken where and when it's convenient for you. Many courses can be completed in just four hours. You choose the courses and learning tracks that are right for you based on your role, your career goals and your organization's needs. Course content ranges from introductory-level to more advanced topics and will address critical areas such as healthcare data analytics, population health management, care management and interoperability, and more. All designed to be applied to your day-to-day responsibilities. REGISTER NOW!

Testimonials

"To be successful, we know that providers and their staff need training, coaching and tools. Workers who choose to "lean in" will thrive in this growing value-driven industry..." -Dr. Kevin Larsen

Credentials & Certifications

Training will be offered in modules which range from 4-8 hours in duration. These modules must be completed within the cohort period in which the trainee has registered. At this time, we expect the trainee to have approximately one month to complete each module. Individuals can take more than one module. Participants will receive CEU/certificate at the end of the training.

Career Opportunities

Designed for everyone who works in a healthcare environment- including doctors, nurses, home health aides, claims coders, x-ray techs, pharmaceutical sales reps, and top leaders-the ACT Health IT program provides career-enhancing training. Participant will have opportunities to level up their skills, expertise and stand out.

Instructor Profile

Program Partners

Normandale and Johns Hopkins University are working on this project in partnership with five other schools across the country. Some of these schools are also doing training on similar topics to the courses we offer. For more information about each of the programs you may visit the respective school's website.

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Starting October 2016 training will be offered to any professional working at a healthcare-related organization through the ONC Workforce Training Program. This is FREE workforce training for healthcare professionals to stay current in the changing healthcare environment.

Training Topics

Individuals can focus their training on what is appropriate for their role in an organization or their own career goals. The following tracks and courses will be available;

Healthcare Data Analytics

Understanding Healthcare Data Analytics

Clinical Data Analytics and the Learning Health System

Value-Based Care

The Business of Healthcare - Value-Based Care

Applications of Value-Based Care

Negotiating Contracts for Value-Based Care

Population Health

Population Health Policy

Population Health Data Analytics

Population Health Interventions

Additional courses will be available in the following areas:

Care Management

Interoperability

and more!

The program is offered entirely online in bite-sized modules that can be taken where and when it's convenient for you. Many courses can be completed in just four hours. You choose the courses and learning tracks that are right for you based on your role, your career goals and your organization's needs. Course content ranges from introductory-level to more advanced topics and will address critical areas such as healthcare data analytics, population health management, care management and interoperability, and more. All designed to be applied to your day-to-day responsibilities. REGISTER NOW!

CE ACT Health IT Courses | Continuing Education Unit cr

Track: Healthcare Data Analytics

Course: Understanding Healthcare Data Analytics

Description: This course is designed to provide people working in the healthcare industry (and those closely tied to the work of healthcare) a strong, practical understanding of data analytics. Learners will gain an understanding the importance of healthcare data analytics and how to apply a knowledge of analytics to every-day activities. The course will take learners through a number of data analytics exercises which represent real-life healthcare scenarios and show how to use Microsoft Excel to work with data. In addition, the course explains best practices in displaying data so that it is useful to various end-users. Finally, the course provides an overview of how analytics plays an important role in risk adjustment and predictive modeling, two of the foundations of value-driven care.

Learning Objectives:

Describe different types of data generated in health care

Describe best practices for communication of data analysis results

Identify limitations and challenges of re-using clinical data

Use Microsoft Excel as a tool for data analytics, and demonstrate the ability to

Describe reasons why data needs to be cleaned or modified before analysis

Identify and correct basic errors in data

Perform descriptive statistics

Use pivot tables

Describe the relationship between a database in a health IT system and data analysis tools

Description: This course is designed to provide healthcare professionals who have a grounding in healthcare analytics with insight into the clinical context and use of data, best practices and advanced concepts in healthcare data analytics. The course includes practical exercises which represent real-life healthcare scenarios. It covers important privacy concerns, and current topics of interest, including machine learning, natural language processing, learning health systems, and usability.There is no required prerequisite, but learners are strongly advised to complete Understanding Healthcare Data Analytics first.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the current state of data analytics in clinical settings, particularly the role that data analytics plays in value-based payment systems

Describe different governance and operations strategies in analytics in clinical settings.

Analyze data used in population management and value-based care systems

Describe ethical considerations in risk adjustment and population management

Track: Population Health

Course: Population Health Policy

Learning Objectives:

Describe new models of care for population health and the role of payment reform in the context of population health and accountable care, and explain the challenges of chronic care management in populations while analyzing the ways that health IT can be used for effective population management.

Discuss and interpret the key financial drivers in the U.S. health care systems and their implications on population health and IT challenges going forward.10. Discuss the research processes by which population health IT solutions bring about change and the environmental/organizational contexts within which they work best.

Course: Population Health Data Analytics

Learning Objectives:

Identify various data sources used for population health management, including both traditional and nontraditional data sources, and examine how data quality affects population health analytic.

Identify challenges in using population health data sources and describe the conceptual and practical challenges of developing population health analytic methods.

Course: Population Health Interventions

Learning Objectives:

Explain perspectives related to the concept of "risk" measurement and segmentation within the population health context, and explore developing frontiers in the population-based predictive- modeling field.

Describe the population health data necessary for segmenting into risk cohorts, and explain the processes and key decisionpoints by which interventions are prioritized for segments of the population.

Track: Value-Based Care

Course: The Business of Value-Based Care

Description: This course is designed to educate individuals working in the healthcare industry (and those closely tied to the work of healthcare) about the massive change knows as value-based care (VBC) and how it is already having an impact on how healthcare is delivered in the US. The course includes an explanation of the issues with value in US healthcare system, then moves into providing insight into the laws, regulations, and changes to care delivery models that will result from the VBC initiative. New payment models: ACOs, MSSPs, as well as the merit-based incentive payments system for clinics and the potential for penalties are covered in depth.The course provides a foundational understanding of the core concepts of healthcare reform and will help learners envision the impact VBC will have on their day-to-day work. It also explains how VBC might impact many other aspects of healthcare delivery, including, operations, customer service and patient satisfaction, and financial sustainability.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the problem with value in US healthcare.

Define the broad strategy (the Triple Aim) that provides a way forward.

Describe how Value-Based Care (VBC) is designed to meet the Triple Aim

Explain important details of the laws and regulations that establish VBC.

Identify the elements of healthcare IT required to meet the measurement and reporting standards of VBC

Articulate concerns raised by VBC and how the ACO model addresses those concerns

Course: Applications of Value-Based Care

Description: This course is designed to educate individuals working in the healthcare industry (and those closely tied to the work of healthcare) on how the massive change knows as value-based care (VBC) will affect care delivery, quality measurement and improvement and finally, how VBC affects the need to engage consumers and measure consumer satisfaction.

Learning Objectives:

Define care management and explain why it is central to VBC

Delineate opportunities for improved care management that can result from redesigned workflows, improved communication, and effective use of Health IT